Article: ANTI-GAY HARASSMENT ON RISE IN MILITARY, NEW REPORT CLAIMS.(News)

Five years after the Clinton administration adopted its ``don't ask, don't tell'' policy for homosexuals in the military, incidents of anti-homosexual harassment have increased in each of the armed services, according to a legal group that represents gay men and lesbians.

In a report to be released today, the group, the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, says that persistent harassment has created a climate of fear in some units so severe that many gay men and lesbians have been forced to abandon military service, in contradiction of the policy's aims.

The group's report concludes that service members have little recourse to stop harassment, because ...

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